... because the only monitor I have available is a 23" Apple Cinema (DVI, aluminum) that the Rage 128 Pro refuses to drive past the "happy mac" boot screen ...

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True. That card cannot cut it, but one of the Mac Radeon 7000 cards is PCI, has VGA, DVI-I and S-Video out, which would be fine with your DVI display. Keep your eye on the eBay seller tangaishi, from whom I have just bought two such cards.

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I'm going to be running the sawtooth headless (will be shoehorning Leopard onto it and maintaining it via screen sharing) so I'm not really interested in upgrading the video card atm just to get it set up. I plan on borrowing a 17" DVI LCD for a few days to get it going. Good seller though it looks like in case I ever change my mind.